Mistaking cadenza with decadence would be a great mistake.
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Cadenza
//kəˈdɛnzə//
Synonyms for "cadenza" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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Translations
8 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 华彩 noun (decorative solo piece of music)
French
1 entries- cadence noun (decorative solo piece of music)
German
1 entries- Kadenz noun (decorative solo piece of music)
Hungarian
1 entries- kadencia noun (decorative solo piece of music)
Italian
1 entries- cadenza noun (decorative solo piece of music)
Māori
1 entries- wāhanga takitahi noun (decorative solo piece of music)
Russian
1 entries- каде́нция noun (decorative solo piece of music)
Ukrainian
1 entries- каде́нція noun (decorative solo piece of music)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Yes, laugh, as I want to laugh for instance in the concert hall when the orchestra trundles to a stop and the virtuoso at his piano, hunched like a demented vet before the bared teeth of this enormous black beast of sound, lifts up deliquescent hands and prepares to plunge into the cadenza.
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